Sharing faith, hope, and picture books
Award-Winning Author
Charlotte Riggle is the author of the award-winning picture book, Catherine’s Pascha, along with its companion, The Saint Nicholas Day Snow. She’s working on a new book, Of Such is the Kingdom: A Practical Theology of Disability, which she’s co-writing with Summer Kinard. On her blog, she tells stories about saints, discusses disability, and reviews picture books that you really need to read.
The Saint Nicholas Day Snow
Many Ways to Celebrate St. Nicholas
Shoes or stockings? Horse or sleigh? Does St. Nicholas visit on December 6 or on Christmas Eve? Will a little girl’s prayer be answered? When Elizabeth has to stay at Catherine’s house, she’s worried about her grandmother, and worried that St. Nicholas won’t find her. The grownups, though, are worried about snow.
Learn about St. Nicholas with stories and other resources.
A Celebration of Easter in the Orthodox Church
Finalist in the 2015 USA Best Book Awards
Catherine doesn’t like vegetables. She doesn’t like naps. She doesn’t like it when her mom combs her hair. She loves hot dogs, chocolate cake, and her best friend, Elizabeth. Most of all, she loves Pascha! Pascha, the Orthodox Christian Easter, is celebrated in the middle of the night, with processions and candles and bells and singing. And Catherine insists that she’s not a bit sleepy.
Learn about Pascha history, traditions, crafts, and recipes.
Catherine’s Pascha
Charlotte’s Blog
Sharing faith, hope, and picture books
Dad, Jackie, and Me: More than a baseball story
April 15, 1947. A boy in Brooklyn is glued to the radio. It is opening day of the baseball season. Jackie Robinson is about to play his first game with the Brooklyn Dodgers. The boy dreams of going to Ebbets Field to see the Dodgers play. And when his dad, who knows...
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Looking Out for Sarah: A day in the life of a guide dog
Looking Out for Sarah describes a day in the life of Perry, the guide dog for a blind woman named Sarah. And Looking Out for Sarah received the Schneider Family Book Award the first year the awards were given. You know, of course, about the Caldecott and Newbery...
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The Saint and the Circus: A story of drama on the high wire, with miracles
The Saint and the Circus is quirky and charming and utterly adorable. It was originally a chapter in an Italian children's book called Storie dell'orizzonte. This chapter, "Le grazie di san Tonio" is the story of Filofilo, “the daring acrobat for the Bumbellini...
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